PS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Standard Deviation, Central Tendency
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5 key characteristics of the ideal scientist: precision, skepticism, reliance on empirical evidence, willingness to make risky prediction"s, openness. An organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomena and their interrelationships. Theories are tools that provide organizing frameworks for our observations. A statement that attempts to predict or account for a set of phenomena. Hypotheses specify relationships among events or variable and are empirically tested. A precise definition of how you will measure the phenomenon being defined. Operationally define the following constructs (how do you measure this construct: love behavioural measures, physiological measure, ask them, happiness body language, aggression. Scientist have to be willing to doubt what everyone else assumes to be true. Treat new and old conclusions with caution. A theory must be backed by empirical evidence. A theory must be stated in such a way that it can be refuted or disproved.
